durf

D2U1R1F4
US/dɝf/

verb

To dry-hump by wearing clothes.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

verbdurf (third-person singular simple present durfs, present participle durfing, simple past and past participle durfed)

present singular third person durfs · participle present durfing · participle past durfed · past durfed

  1. slangTo dry-hump by wearing clothes.

    @exmolex also mentioned that there are other names for soaking like "floating" and "marinating." In another video, she also says there's something called "durfing," which is like humping with your clothes on. You learn something new every day!

    2024 March 12, Kori Williams, “We Almost Wish We Didn't Know What "Mormon Soaking" Is”, in Distractify, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2024
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    It would be fair to say that while I was there, I may or may not have durfed on occasion. […] So while some students at Brigham Young University might justify durfing as not quite sex, it clearly falls within the realm of chastity violations according to church doctrine.

    2025 July 22, Max Pond, “What is Durfing? (Explained by a Mormon)”, in LDS Quotations, archived from the original on 22 Dec 2025

Origin

  1. Englishdenim
  2. Middle Englishsuffe?
  3. Englishsuff?
  4. Englishsurf
  5. Englishdurf

Blend of denim + surf.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Sounds the same

dearth (th-fronting)
Cite this entry
APA

durf. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/durf

MLA

“durf.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/durf. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “durf,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/durf.

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